Clothes-line prop.



No. 870,752. PATENTBD NOV. 12, 1907. P. M. WHITE.

CLOTHES LINE PROP.

APPLICATION IILBD FEB. 4, 1907.

WITNESSES: [NI/'E/VTOR.

1 I u B1, A I r 7 I o I a j 2 E K I A '170/e v'15y5 FRANCIS M. WHITE, OF NEWKIRK, OKLAHOMA TERRITORY.

CLOTHES-LINE PROP.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 12, 1907.

Application filed February 4:. 1907- Serial No. 355.652-

-To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANCIS M. WHITE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Newkirk, in the county of Kay and Territory of Oklahoma, have invented a new and useful Prop for Clothes-Lines, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to props for clothes lines and its object is to provide a simple, durable and attractive device of this character having means whereby the same can be tightly fastened to one or more clothes lines and which is also provided with an anchoring device adapted to prevent displacement of the prop when the line is subjected to the pressure of wind It is a well known fact that when clothes are suspended from a line a gust of wind tends to lift the line from the prop and even if the prop is secured to the line the prop is often raised and replaced in such a position that it does not properly support the line.

The present invention is designed to overcome these objections and consists of certain novel features of construction and combinations of parts which will be hereinafter more fully described and pointed out in the claims,

].n;the accompanying drawings is shown the preferred form of the invention.

In said drawings: Figure 1 is a front elevation of a. prop constructed in accordance with the present invention; Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof; and Fig. 3 is a plan view.

Referring'to the figures by characters of reference, 1 is the body of the prop the same being preferably formed of a length of wood, rectangular or of any other contour and the lower end of this body is seated within an angular socket 2 formed by a back plate 3 and side flanges 4 projecting upward from an anchoring head 5. This head is preferablypyramidal in form and a portion thereof, as shown at 6, projects beyond that face of the body which is exposed within the socket 2. Bolts 7 extend through the lower end of the body and through the back plate 3 and are held in place by nuts or in any other suitable manner and serve to securely fasten the body within the socket.

The upper end of the prop body 1 extends into the metal socket of a cap 8 and is fastened therein by means of screws or bolts 9 extending transversely through the body and the socket. Formed upon the cap is a bead 10 which extends preferably from side to side of the cap and disposed above this bead is a clamping block'll the lower face of which is concave so as to conform with the contour of the bead 10. A screw 12 extends from the clamping block and into engagement with the central portion of the bead and serves to bind said block upon the bead or upon a line interposed between the block and head.

In using the device herein described the anchoring head 5 is forced in the ground at the proper point and one or more lines 13 are extended over the bead as shown in Figs. 2 and 3. Block 11 is then placed upon the line above the bead and the screw 12 turned so as to cause the block to bind the lines tightly against the bead. The prop and lines will therefore be fastened together. Obviously it will be necessary for the wind to exert a considerable pressure upon the lines and any clothes hanging thereon to remove the head 5 from the ground and even if such a removal should be effected the weight of the head which is considerable would be sufficient to maintain the prop in an upright or substantially upright position so that when the wind pressure is removed the prop will be turned practically to its original position and will continue to support the lines in the desired manner.

It will be seen that a prop constructed in accordance with this invention is very simple, attractive and durable and constitutes an efllcient means for properly supporting lines under all conditions.

Although two lines have been shown secured upon the prop it is to be understood that if preferred one or even more than two can be connected thereto. Should the body 1 of the prop become useless through exposure or breakage it is obvious that the head 5 and cap can be readily secured to a new body.

What is claimed is:

A prop comprising a cap having a socket, a body having one end extending into and secured within the socket, a transverse bead integral with and outstanding from the cap, said head being rounded transversely, a clamping block having a recess in one face conforming with the contour of the bead, and means extending through the block and into the head for clamping a plurality of lines between the block and bead, said block and bead being disposed to kink those portions of the line therebetween.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aflixcd my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

FRANCIS M. WHITE.

Witnesses:

E. T. BENDER, VIVIAN BROWNING. 

